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Saturday, 11 February 2012

Media Release (Mumbai, 10/02/2012) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Lok LOK Satta Party Candidates for BMC and TMC Polls have taken a Historic Pledge Affirming Their Commitment to Clean Corruption Free Citizen Centric Governance in their Wards to The Citizens of Mumbai and Thane

---------------Lok Satta Party Candidates for BMC and TMC Polls have taken a Historic Pledge Affirming Their Commitment to Clean Corruption Free Citizen Centric Governance in their Wards to The Citizens of Mumbai and Thane

For the first time in the political history of Mumbai and probably India, Lok Satta Party (LSP) candidates for BMC and TMC polls have taken, a Unique Public Pledge to reaffirm their commitment to clean corruption free citizen centric governance in their wards.

The Citizen has become cynical about all politics and all politicians. Through this event, LSP candidates have solemnly and publicly committed their actions towards the betterment of the wards where they will get a mandate.

This pledge is NOT just a promise but guarantees that the actions of the elected corporators are transparent and that through this pledge they hold themselves directly accountable and answerable to the citizens they seek to serve.

The pledge is a public manifestation of LSP and its candidates of the commitment to the principles as enshrined in the Model Nagar Raj Bill and The Ten Guarantees that LSP has publicly released.

The candidates have pledged that.

“I will work as a public servant for all the citizen in my ward without fear or favour and without discrimination based on caste, creed, language or community

I will constitute a Ward Committee in my ward as mandated in the Model Nagar Raj Bill.

The ward Committee will meet at least 12 times in a year and I will ensure that area sabha meetings are held at least 3 times in a year.

All development projects in the ward will be decided and carried out in consultation with the Ward Committee.

I will remain accountable to the citizen through the ward committee.

I will work for delivering the 10 guarantees of Lok Satta Party to the citizens in my ward.”